did not care for the first and last track but everything in between was great. A couple of tracks sounded a bit like Dog Fashion Disco. I believe this is my first dab at this sub-genre that sounds like the offspring of Black Metal and Experimental Rock....

Well, I was listening to their 2002 album but I could only get to the 3rd track before shutting it off. I did not like it at all so I had to figure out what went wrong. I loved Frogstomp but that was the only album I have ever heard from them so I checked out their 2nd album and only liked the first half. I guess I liked the raw sound of the first album and Freak Show did not have enough of that for me.

Your tastes are a lot "harder" than mine but I've really enjoyed reading your list. Let me recommend some albums by artists whose names I didn't see and a little earlier than most of yours.

Humble Pie: After enough Bourbon I will argue with anyone that Steve Marriott is the best rock vocalist of all time. Robert Plant copied a lot of his style from SM.Smokin (1972)- 30 days in the Hole is seminal rockEat it (1973)- Up our Sleeve and all of Side 4 (recorded live) and Black Coffee- a cover of Ike and Tina Turner song (yes Marriott had the chops to sing a TT song).

Elton John- Honky Chateau- I know everyone thinks of the vapid crap he produced after 1975. But his early albums (Madman across the Water- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road etc.) are some great music.

Peter Frampton- Frampton's Camel (1973)- Second Solo Album by Former Member of Humble Pie (PF was such a good performer because Steve Marriott insisted HP tour constantly)- Studio version of Lines on my Face is beautiful.

Read a quote by Peter Frampton at the Time of David Bowie's death. (Paraphrasing here) "He taught me you can only be a Pop Star for a year or two but you can be a musician for life".

Your tastes are a lot "harder" than mine but I've really enjoyed reading your list. Let me recommend some albums by artists whose names I didn't see and a little earlier than most of yours.

Humble Pie: After enough Bourbon I will argue with anyone that Steve Marriott is the best rock vocalist of all time. Robert Plant copied a lot of his style from SM.Smokin (1972)- 30 days in the Hole is seminal rockEat it (1973)- Up our Sleeve and all of Side 4 (recorded live) and Black Coffee- a cover of Ike and Tina Turner song (yes Marriott had the chops to sing a TT song).

Elton John- Honky Chateau- I know everyone thinks of the vapid crap he produced after 1975. But his early albums (Madman across the Water- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road etc.) are some great music.

Peter Frampton- Frampton's Camel (1973)- Second Solo Album by Former Member of Humble Pie (PF was such a good performer because Steve Marriott insisted HP tour constantly)- Studio version of Lines on my Face is beautiful.

Read a quote by Peter Frampton at the Time of David Bowie's death. (Paraphrasing here) "He taught me you can only be a Pop Star for a year or two but you can be a musician for life".

Thanks for the requests.... I have already done some Elton John
album/group/rating/year/rank
-Madman Across the Water - Elton John 75.202 1971 #384
-Honky Chateau - Elton John 76.900 1972 #286
-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 77.625 1973 #258

I have heard of the other bands and I will mark them down for future listens....